Goal: process and workflow
Reader: Operations teams describing how work moves through approvals. Meta cluster: B — process & systems Scenarios: 5 · Examples: 5
Scenarios
| Scenario | Tier | Engines | Example files |
|---|---|---|---|
| approval workflow | T1 | plantuml | approval-workflow-swimlane.md |
| cicd pipeline | T1 | plantuml | cicd-pipeline.md |
| approval path | T1 | infographic | procurement-approval-path.md |
| basic activity flow | T1 | plantuml | basic-activity-flow.md |
| returns processing | T1 | infographic | returns-processing-snake.md |
Reading order
PlantUML activity diagrams when decisions and lanes matter, infographic sequences when it is a straight path with owners.
Engines in this goal
infographic— template-driven boards, sequences and comparisonsplantuml— diagrams with icon families and UML/ArchiMate/BPMN semantics
Details, limits and anti-patterns: ../engines/infographic.md · ../engines/plantuml.md.
Palette
Every figure takes its colours from a theme. Pick one in
../styles/palette.md — the token contract, the theme index and the
per-engine blocks all start there.
Most figures in this set want Default. Depart from it for the medium, not the topic: Print when it may be photocopied, Contrast for low vision or large-print handouts, Vivid when it will be projected, Accessible when colour must not be the only cue, Editorial for long-form reading, Slate for technical reference, Pastel when the figure sits inside gentle prose, Nord for a cool Nordic register. Every theme is designed for a light ground — the set has no dark page.
Don't
- A process with no decision points drawn as a list
- Swimlanes that mix roles and systems